Born in Lowndes, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Whitfield Bender
and Zora Bell (Gaston) Bender
Wife of
Wade Miley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Leona was born in 1908. She is the daughter of George Bender and Zora Gaston.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJ5-KSK?cc=1727033&wc=QZZ7-Z6V%3A133638801%2C139460901%2C133726601%2C1589089080 : 23 June 2017), Alabama > Lowndes > Precinct 6 > ED 97 > image 6 of 15; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6Q-96L?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-2L8%3A1036469501%2C1037458201%2C1037699901%2C1589332281 : 9 September 2019), Alabama > Dallas > Kings > ED 92 > image 25 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR77-9WTJ?cc=1810731&wc=QZXB-346%3A648803601%2C649505701%2C649851201%2C1589282340 : 8 December 2015), Alabama > Dallas > Pine Flat > ED 12 > image 46 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MT-9J7?cc=2000219&wc=QZXP-FKS%3A790104201%2C791880301%2C790191901%2C792957601 : accessed 25 July 2020), Alabama > Dallas > Election Precinct 11 > 24-16 Election Precinct 11 Pine Flat NE of U.S. Highway 80 to State Highway 43 and E of State Highway 43 > image 5 of 36; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leona:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leona:
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~1.56%
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